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Civil War

Hiram R. Howard

. Private · U.S. Army

Company H, 11th Ohio Infantry

25 November 1863 · Missionary Ridge, Tennessee

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Ohio
Action
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee

The citation

Official citation

Scaled the enemy's works and in a hand-to-hand fight helped capture the flag of the 18th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).

Sources

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